Olds’ Hand Selected Onions 


291. SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE. (120 
days.) A large, handsome, dark red onion with 
small neck, small top and of mild flavor, Excel- 
lent keeping qualities. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; %4 
lb., 85c; lb., $2.60, postpaid. 
Southport White Globe. 
292. SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE. 
(115 days.) The best white onion. A handsome 
onion with a pure. delicate paper-white skin, 
Flesh crisp, fine-grained, snowy white and mild; 
a good keepér for a white variety. Pkt., 10c; 
oz., 40c; % Ilb., $1.20; lb., $3.70, postpaid. 
287. EXTRA LARGE RED WETHERS- 
FIELD. (105 days.} The onions are a flat- 
tened globe in shape with long slender tops and 
dark crimson skin. They grow to a large size 
and yield big crops even under unsatisfactory 
growing conditions. Flesh is fine grained, firm 
and of excellent keeping quality. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
30c; % Ib., 90c; 1b., $2.75, postpaid, 


YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS. 
285. 
(110 days.) A solid onion of almost true globe 
shape, averaging three inches through. In color 
the bulbs are a rich satiny yellow. The snow- 
white flesh cuts hard and crisp yet it is al- 
Ways sweet and tender. Not quite as mild as 
the Spanish onions when sliced raw but for 
cooking or flavoring, one of the very best. It 
is the earliest good market variety, slender 
necked, and ripening up all at one time. A sure 
cropper and a good keeper, the onions coming 
out dry and hard in the spring with practically 
no loss in weight. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 30c; % Ib., 
90c; lb., $2.75, postpaid. 
290. SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE. 
(120 days.) A globe shaped onion of fine golden 
yellow color. Somewhat larger and maturing a 
little later than the Yellow Globe Danvers. The 
flesh is hard and compact yet brittle and crisp. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; Y% Ib., 90c; Ib., $2.75, 
postpaid. 
299. AUSTRALIAN BROWN. Without 
any exception the most solid and longest keeping 
onion grown. (105 days.) In season it is one 
of the earliest and will ripen anywhere. It is 
often used for replanting when first sowings have 
been injured by weather conditions. Bulbs are 
semi-globe or flatten in shape, rather strong in 
flavor and_cook dark. A good variety to grow 
for sets. Pkt., 10c; oz. 30c; Y% Ib., 90c; Ib., 
$2.75, postpaid. 
BERMUDA ONION 
283. CRYSTAL WHITE WAX. 
95 
days.) One of the most attractive Seferke as 
va- 
rieties. It is large, flat, pure white, very early 
mild in flavor; in fact, can be eaten like an 
apple. Can be grown under northern condi- 
tions and is very fine for slicing. Not a good 
keeper. PKt., 10c; 0z., 30c; 4 Ib., 90¢; Ib, 
$2.75, postpaid. moe! 
ONION PLANTS. See next page. 
CHIVES 
279. ALLIUM SCHO = 
PRASON. (Schnittlauch.) BNO: 
belong in the perennial class of onions, 
Plant the seed the same as onions, but 
transplant later, leaving about six to 
eight inches between plants, Only the 
tops are used in cooking. A pretty 
plant in the rock garden, with its pur- 
ple blossoms. Pkt., 15¢; 2 pkts., 25c; 
%g02Z., 600} 0z., $1.00: 17, Tb., $3.00, 
postpaid. 
GARLIC SETS 
A garlic bulb is composed of many 
small cloves which should be separat- 
ed and planted the same as onion sets 
and cultivated in the same way. 
Bulbs, Y Ib., 30c; Ib., 50c; 2 Ibs, 
90c, postpaid. ‘ 
2/12/4 
“Your Oakleaf Lettuce is fe ies 
outstanding lettuce I have ever used. 
I transplant tt and then it forms heads 
and is so crisp it ts just out of this 
world,’ 
Mrs. Arthur Stern 
Wisconsin 
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CULTURE: As early as possible, 
sow thinly in rows one foot apart, 
thinning later to 3 or 4 inches 
apart. Keep the surface of the 
ground open and free from weeds, 
using fertilizer if you want a 
maximum“yield, When the bulk of 
the tops have turned yellow and 
have fallen over, the onions are 
ready to harvest. They should be 
pulled at this time and left to lie 
in small piles for a couple of days 
and then removed to an airy shed, 
Vhen cool weather arrives store 
in a cool, dry root cellar, Time 
required to raise matured onions 
varies greatly in different sections, 
A packet of seed will plant 25 to 
830 feet of drill; one ounce 200 
feet, and four pounds an acre, See 
Market Gardeners’ Price List op- 
posite page 1 for prices on larger 
amounts than quoted. (See page 
23 for maggot control.) 
SPANISH ONIONS 
The mildest, finest flavored and largest onions 
belong to this class. They require a little longer 
growing season than do the American sorts and 
they are not quite as good keepers. For this 
reason we do not recommend planting them in 
northern Wisconsin and similar latitudes. 

Sweet Spanish. 
SWEET SPANISH. 
298. (Utah Strain.) 
(110 days.) An extremely large, mild and sweet 
globular-shaped onion and very handsome. The 
flesh is clear, white and tender. Under favorable 
conditions these onions will, weigh over two 
pounds each and when placed on the market will 
outsell the other varieties at much higher prices. 
The earliest Spanish onion. Pkt., 10c; 02. 40c; 
Y, Yb., $1.20; lb., $3.70, postpaid, 
297. PRIZETAKER. (110 days.) Bright 
straw yellow in color and a good globe shape. 
It grows about three times as large as the Dan- 
vers, individual onions sometimes weighing four 
pounds and over. Very mild, sweet flavor an 
a fair keeper, ripening evenly, Pkt., 10¢; 02., 
40c; Y%4 Ib., $1.20; Ib., $3.70, postpaid. 
288. AILSA CRAIG. (120 days.) An 
English strain of Spanish onion, much like the 
Prizetaker, but a considerably better keeper. 
fine salad kind, mildly pungent, sweet and juicy. 
Yellow skin. Pkt., 10c; oz. 45¢; %4 Ib. $1,305 
lb., $4.00, postpaid. 
301. WHITE SWEET SPANISH. (115 
days.) The largest of all white onions, The 
globular bulbs are very attractive, pure white 
with a small neck. Flesh is clear, quite firm 
and mild. A fair keeper considering its fine 
texture and the fact that it is a Spanish type 
onion. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c; %4 Ib., $1.25; Ib. 
$3.85, postpaid, d , gf e ; 
